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Looks like there are a few popular google bombs going on right now:

One about John Kerry and his waffles (search), and here’s one about a miserable failure (search).

(I think the latter is more applicable to the URL I provided, since it is kind of hard to call the leader of the free world a miserable failure.)

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This year’s Anime Central was a lot of fun. The headlining Japanese guests were all from the series R.O.D., which I hadn’t heard of previously (I have since watched the OVA and the sequel series R.O.D. the TV).

Also, back again was Fred Gallagher from MegaTokyo. His second MT book was published this January so I decided to pick it up and wait in line to get it signed. He still takes the time to do a sketch of your favorite character, which is pretty cool. His wife Sarah was there as well, signing next to her character in the front of the book.

I didn’t attend many panels, so the other guests I can only recall from the opening ceremonies and none of them really caught my attention.

It seems they have settled into the Hyatt a little better this year. They moved the registration lines over to the conference building, which was very nice (though I’m a little irked that the pre-reg line was twice as long as the non-pre-reg was). There was a little more room available for the dealers to setup shop in, and I believe they had slightly more room in the main ballroom as well. Also, they had more space in the basement for the game rooms. This time, the consoles were separated from the arcade machines and the table card games were separated from the board games (I think, I only wandered in those rooms once).

All-in-all, it was a smoother experience than last year and it seemed like they had a more adequate staff there this year checking badges and maintaining order. If you’re in the Midwest, this is a great con to attend.

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